On December 21, 1939, the Japanese Guards Division, with the cooperation of two infantry wings of the 16th Division, defeated the troops of the Provisional Ninth Army and recovered the outlying positions in Pubei County.

At the same time, the troops of the Third Cavalry Army encountered the 18th Division of the Japanese Army and the troops of the Indochina Dispatch Army on the outskirts of Qinzhou, and the two sides engaged in a fierce battle.

The 201st Division of the Third Cavalry Army, with the cooperation of the 1st Cavalry Division and the 2nd Cavalry Division, engaged in a fierce three-hour battle with the 18th Division of the Japanese Army and the troops of the Indochina Dispatch Army.

After the rebuilding of the 18th Division of the Japanese Army, it began to have under the jurisdiction of the 55th Wing, the 56th Wing, the 114th Wing, the Search Wing, the Mountain Artillery Wing, the Baggage Infantry Wing, and the Engineer Wing, with more than 20,000 people in the division.

At this time, the Japanese army gathered troops in Qinzhou included 18 divisions, Indochina troops, and independently mixed into the 19th brigade, with a total strength of more than 30,000 troops.

The troops of the Third Cavalry Army fought fiercely with the Japanese army until more than 10 o'clock in the morning of the 21st, and both sides suffered casualties of varying degrees.

According to the current situation, Yin Jinshan, commander of the Third Cavalry Army, immediately contacted Sun Weiguo in Yulin and asked the troops of the Third Cavalry Army to abandon the plan to attack Qinzhou.

Qinzhou is very close to the sea, and the aircraft carrier Kaga of the Japanese First Air Force anchored on the sea can take off and land planes at any time to support the Qinzhou operation.

In such a situation, the Third Cavalry Corps did not have an air force to assist in the operation, and they were under great pressure, especially after the arrival of the 18th Division and the Indochina Dispatch Army.

Yin Jinshan believed that the significance of seizing Qinzhou had now been lost, and after the Japanese reinforcements arrived, they stuck to the fortifications, and with the assistance of the air force, they began to hold on to Qinzhou, and the troops of the Third Cavalry Army had lost the opportunity, and if they continued to insist on fighting in Qinzhou, then they would definitely bring great casualties to the troops.

Therefore, on the one hand, Yin Jinshan immediately gave the troops an order to evacuate, and on the other hand, he immediately began to contact Sun Weiguo and report the situation here.

At 12 o'clock at noon on the 21st, Sun Weiguo, commander-in-chief of the 47th Group Army, issued an order to the Third Cavalry Army, and Sun Weiguo approved the request for the withdrawal of the Third Cavalry Army.

After the Japanese units began to withdraw from the 3rd Cavalry Army, they did not react for the time being.

However, in Yulin, in Sun Weiguo's headquarters, Sun Weiguo began to stare at the map and fell into deep thought.

The failure of the Third Cavalry Army's surprise attack on Qinzhou is equivalent to the Third Cavalry Army's troops falling into the Japanese army's in-depth defense, although they can cut off the supply lines of the Japanese army, but at present, the troops of the Third Cavalry Army have completely lost contact with the peripheral troops, and they have become a lone army.

The horses of the cavalry have to eat grass, and the tanks also need gasoline, and Sun Weiguo must pay attention to these problems.

Looking at the map, Sun Weiguo had a contemplative expression on his face, and he was thinking about where to deploy the troops of the Third Cavalry Army now.

"Commander-in-chief, since the troops of the Third Cavalry Army are now unable to capture Qinzhou, then the Japanese troops in the area of Pubei County will not come back to help, Commander-in-Chief, I suggest that the troops of the Third Cavalry Army should immediately return to the area of Pubei County and fight in response to the Temporary Ninth Army and other troops, maybe we can defeat the Japanese troops in Pubei County by attacking back and forth like this."

When Sun Weiguo was staring at the map, Gao Shen Luo Hongyi came to Sun Weiguo, he pointed to Pubei County and other locations on the map, and then reported.

After Sun Weiguo heard Luo Hongyi's report, he looked at the location of Pubei County, with a contemplative expression on his face, and finally he shook his head.

If the troops of the Third Cavalry Army ran behind the little devils in Pubei County at this time, then the little devils in Qinzhou would definitely be dispatched, and at that time, maybe the troops of the Third Cavalry Army would end up being flanked by the front and rear, so Sun Weiguo did not agree to this battle plan.

Looking at the map, Sun Weiguo fell into contemplation again, he knew that although there was an air force on the battlefield in Guangxi, the current air supremacy was still held by the Japanese army, so now when Sun Weiguo was deploying the troops, he had to consider the air supremacy of the little devils, if he didn't consider this, the troops would definitely suffer.

Glancing towards the location of Pubei County, although Sun Weiguo did not agree with the operational idea of attacking Pubei County before and after, Sun Weiguo saw a fighter here.

"Order the troops of the 46th Army to immediately move closer to the troops of the Provisional Ninth Army, and the two armies must assemble in the position south of Pubei County before four o'clock in the afternoon."

Sun Weiguo looked at the map, he directly gave the order, and he already had a rough battle plan in his heart.

"Yes, Commander-in-Chief." After Luo Hongyi received Sun Weiguo's order, he immediately saluted Sun Weiguo and said.

Sun Weiguo's order began to be conveyed, and after the troops of the 46th Army who were fighting against the 57th Division of the Japanese Army in Hengxian County received the order, they immediately began to carry out the order and quickly moved closer to the troops of the Provisional Ninth Army in Pubei County.

When the little devils got the news, they were very surprised, and they thought that the Chinese troops had completely given up the attack.

However, at four o'clock in the afternoon, after the troops of the 46th Army and the troops of the Provisional Ninth Army met, Sun Weiguo gave them an order again.

The units of the 46th Army were attached to the howitzer regiment to carry out a diversionary attack on the Japanese troops in Pubei County, while the troops of the Provisional Ninth Army launched a detour from the area south of Pubei County.

At the same time, the troops of the Third Cavalry Army immediately moved to Hengxian, and Sun Weiguo was ready to use the troops of the Third Cavalry Army to carry out a tentative attack on the troops of the 57th Division to see if he could have a chance to eat part of the 57th Division.

However, as the number of little devils in Guangxi increased, Sun Weiguo judged that the Japanese troops on Hainan Island must have been transferred, and the main force of the Japanese army on Hainan Island should be deployed in Guangxi. Since this is the case, Sun Weiguo is once again preparing to draw troops from the 47th Group Army to the Guangxi battlefield to participate in the battle, not to mention the other troops, Sun Weiguo is preparing to transfer the artillery division over.

At half past four o'clock in the afternoon of the 21st, the troops of the 46th Army, with the cooperation of the howitzer regiment, began to launch a diversionary attack on Pubei County, while the troops of the Ninth Army began to make a detour to the area south of Pubei County.

The Japanese Guards Division began to resist the attack of the 46th Army, but they soon spotted the troops of the Ninth Army on the flank.

Lieutenant General Iida Shojiro, commander of the Guards Division, immediately contacted the commander of the 16th Division, Moriokaji, and the 20th Wing, which had just returned to the 16th Division, had to set off again and temporarily assigned to the Guards Division to fight.